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briefly describe the difference between a governments power abd its authority. 5th describe a situation in which a goverment vas either power or authority but not both

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Government power is something they can choose to do, and its authority is something they have to do no matter what. Just like if the presidents son is named as a killer he has the power to reduce his sentence by a few years if he wanted to, but his authority is said that regardless if he is the presidents son or not he has to still serve time.
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